I'm supposed to answer questions from a book, the entire question is: " On assiste dans le chapitre au passage d'un état bienveillant de la nature à un état hostile et meurtrier. Motivez cette affirmation à partir d'exemples relevés dans le récit."
But I have a problem with answering since I don't get the question... The context is that the hero was having a nice time, when suddenly something terrible happens, he did something terrible. So I suppose that your translations make sense!?
//pompe